TGIF 2014: scenario list, discussion, and house rules

[Lt DeFault]

And we had to fight against PFC Eisenschwein :clin:

:luxhello:

[Volcano]

Servus guys,

thanks for the game, unfortunately I lost.

Thanks for the recon, it helped a great deal (and for holding off the enemy in the northwest). :drink:

The scenario made me want to do a 1970's Red Tide campaign hmm.....

[D u k e]

Hi Volcano,

The scenario made me want to do a 1970's Red Tide campaign hmm.....

Make a 1971`s Red Tide with a full crewable Marder1A1:clin:.

cheers

D u k e

[Volcano]

8 AUG scenario:

Symmetrical Attack (smaller) 04-NP-3011b

NOTES:

• Avoid studying the enemy's side; only gather intel from the briefing and exposed enemy unit icons (enemy intel), and briefly looking over both sides to figure out which one you want to CO. Anything beyond that ruins the fog of war element.
  
• To avoid passwords, open the scenario in Network Session as HOST and choose the side you want to play and go to planning phase. You may briefly look at both sides like this to see which side you want to play or CO on. As CO, once you choose a side, go to that side and create your plan.
  
• Remember to play within the TGIF House Rules and SB.com community rules.
  

Edited August 12, 2014 by Volcano

[Assassin 7]

I'll CO blue

[Brun]

Red Co here.

[12Alfa]

I'll log on to test the internet here in the high north (santa is just next door!):1:

But won't play till saterday if the fires and internet gods are happy.:luxhello::luxhello:

[Volcano]

15 AUG scenario:

!Battle for Lawfield Corridor v6

NOTES:

• Avoid studying the enemy's side; only gather intel from the briefing and exposed enemy unit icons (enemy intel), and briefly looking over both sides to figure out which one you want to CO. Anything beyond that ruins the fog of war element.
  
• To avoid passwords, open the scenario in Network Session as HOST and choose the side you want to play and go to planning phase. You may briefly look at both sides like this to see which side you want to play or CO on. As CO, once you choose a side, go to that side and create your plan.
  
• Remember to play within the TGIF House Rules and SB.com community rules.
  

Edited August 18, 2014 by Volcano

[Colebrook]

If Assassin and Brun allow me, I want to Co Blue.Dont worry about my english,i will use a lot of graphics :bigsmile:

[Volcano]

Yes, anyone can volunteer to be CO. The only requirement is that all COs come up with a plan in the Planning Phase.

[Mogwa]

If Assassin and Brun allow me, ...

What does that mean?

Edited August 13, 2014 by Mogwa

[Assassin 7]

I'll CO red

[Colebrook]

Volcano,the scenario has some phase lines im not going to use, if i add my own phase lines there are too much drawings on map and it gets a little confusing.So, can you edit the scen and delete the phase lines?,or i can do it myself and upload the new scen

[Volcano]

No, unfortunately we cannot create a new scenario just to edit the phase lines (firstly, its not my scenario, and second that is a bit trivial to create a new version). Just create orange phase lines in your plan and I am sure it will not be a problem.

[D u k e]

Servus,

thank you Colebrook for leading the blues the last mission.

You did a very good job.

cheers

D u k e

[Volcano]

22 AUG scenario:

!Conglomerate Steel-3011-OMU

NOTES:

• Avoid studying the enemy's side; only gather intel from the briefing and exposed enemy unit icons (enemy intel), and briefly looking over both sides to figure out which one you want to CO. Anything beyond that ruins the fog of war element.
  
• To avoid passwords, open the scenario in Network Session as HOST and choose the side you want to play and go to planning phase. You may briefly look at both sides like this to see which side you want to play or CO on. As CO, once you choose a side, go to that side and create your plan.
  
• Remember to play within the TGIF House Rules and SB.com community rules.
  

Edited August 25, 2014 by Volcano

[Brun]

I'll co blue

[Colebrook]

Looking at Rotar's video i have discovered that they had a detection area arround edge of map.Thats why your units were dying so fast Duke :bigsmile: .And our briefing didn't say anything about that

[fritzgryphon]

This mission kills units within the penalty zones within 30 seconds, is that right?

Edit: Also, please confirm if players with vanilla 3.011, not beta, version are able to join.

[MDF]

This mission kills units within the penalty zones within 30 seconds, is that right?

Edit: Also, please confirm if players with vanilla 3.011, not beta, version are able to join.

If we are using 3.019 (as we consistently have done), users with v.3.011 will not be able to join.

[MDF]

Looking at Rotar's video i have discovered that they had a detection area arround edge of map.Thats why your units were dying so fast Duke :bigsmile: .And our briefing didn't say anything about that

Neither did the Red briefing.

[Volcano]

Looking at Rotar's video i have discovered that they had a detection area arround edge of map.Thats why your units were dying so fast Duke :bigsmile: .And our briefing didn't say anything about that

A good rule of thumb: assume all scenarios have a penalty zone on the edge of boundary lines. This represents spotting by neighboring units of course.

Generally speaking, I have no desire to put that text in the briefing, because I would rather people not know, because if it is mentioned in all cases then people will surely hang out right on the boundaries and attack down the edge of the boundaries if they know there isn't a penalty zone. So, you just have to operate with the assumption that it exists in ALL scenarios or take a risk that it isn't. That is intentional Pavlonian behavior.

Of course it wasn't really fair in this case because the Blue recon units had no choice but to start inside the penalty zone so in regards to that specific scenario (Lawfield Corridor), I made a deployment zone for the Blue recon so they aren't so tied to the penalty zone spots they started in before. Some other interesting tweaks were made to it too for "next time".

[Tacbat]

If you are getting enemy icons appearing in an area that your units don't have LOS to, then it's safe to assume there's a penalty zone there.

[Volcano]

29 AUG scenario:

Georgia v3a

NOTE: Despite the "v3" in the name, this scenario is new, and as such, it may have some rough edges.

NOTES:

• Avoid studying the enemy's side; only gather intel from the briefing and exposed enemy unit icons (enemy intel), and briefly looking over both sides to figure out which one you want to CO. Anything beyond that ruins the fog of war element.
  
• To avoid passwords, open the scenario in Network Session as HOST and choose the side you want to play and go to planning phase. You may briefly look at both sides like this to see which side you want to play or CO on. As CO, once you choose a side, go to that side and create your plan.
  
• Remember to play within the TGIF House Rules and SB.com community rules.
  

Edited September 3, 2014 by Volcano

[fritzgryphon]

I see two downloads for the Tskhinvali.hgt map

Tskhinvali Georgia Heightmap1

http://www.steelbeasts.com/Downloads/p13_sectionid/252/p13_fileid/2526

and

Tskhinvali Georgia Heightmap2

http://www.steelbeasts.com/Downloads/p13_sectionid/252/p13_fileid/2527

(same name, different filesize)